Drainer for draft apparatus



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H STRATER DRAINBR, FOR DRAFT APPARATUS.

Patented June, 1392-- fue nmmls paren: co.. mmomr UNITEDr STATES PATENHERMAN s'rRATER, on Bos'roN, .'iviAssncHUsETTs.

DRAIN ER FOR DRAFT APPARATUS.

Y SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N .`47'7,917, dated June28, 11392.`

' p Application fnearebmrycais-9z. sentire. 422,737. (Nono'aai .Toalllwhom it may concer-rt:L A

Beit known that I, HERMANSTRATER, a citizen of the UnitedStatearesidingat Boston,

in the county ofl SuolkandState of Massachusetts, have inventedcertainnew and useful Improvements'in `Drainersfor Draft Appa- A ratus;and I do herebydeclare the. following to" be a full, clear, and exactdescription of the invention, such asvwill enable others skilled inthevart to which it appertains to make and` use the same, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of referencemarked thereon, which forma part of this specification.

This invention relates to drainers for draft apparatus; and it consistsin the peculiar construction and arrangement of the several partswhereby the entire structure is not only simplied, but with thesame-sized drainer larger capacity is created and other advantages aresecured. A

The drawings represent in Figure 1 a perspective view of a drainerembodying my improvements. Fig. 2 is a vertical cross-section of thesame. Fig. 3 isa similar section of the old form for purposes ofcomparison. The heavy black lines indicate sheet metal.

Drainers of the class above premised, particularly beer on draft,contain certain prominent characteristics, primarily a rectangularoblong box 2, provided with a series of watertight receptacles 3 3,closed and open, respectively, arranged beneath the draft-faucets 4 4.The object of these drainers is to furnish a storage-shelf for theglasses, means for washing, rinsing, and draining the same, also for theretention of the drip or overliow of the beverage, and, lastly, thecooling of the latter prior to its consumption. To' carry out theseseveral purposes, said drainers are fitted with the open receptacles 33', in which the glasses are to be washed after use. The closedreceptacles 3 serve as ice-chambers, which contain coils of pipe 5, oneend of which enters the barrel or source of supply, while the otherextremity terminates in the draft-faucets 4, preferably grouped in lineabove the drainer. Since said receptacles are to contain ice, they maybe double-walled after the manner of refrigerators in general and, asshown inFig. 2, on the front side of the drainer. Each receptacle 3 isclosed by aremovable imperof drainer-plates 9. The latterarepreferablyflush with the corrugated plate'S andare made up of a series of` barsLof `inverted-V shape in cross-section. These barsare disposedlongitudinally of the drainer.

It will be noticed that the corrugatious in the plate 8 are transverselyof said drainer and are intended to pitch slightly forward so as tocompel the drip toenter the front part of the cover, whence it isconveyed away by means of a discharge consisting of a short pipe 10 witha funnel-shaped mouth.l Connecting with said pipe is theoverflow-tube13, which is rigidly positioned in the ice-chamber andv `ssupplied with outlet-openings 15 to permit the water from the meltingice to escape.

By the above-described arrangement the Waste beverage or drip from thefaucets and the water drainage from the washed glasses cannot haveaccess to the ice-chamber, but is passed away through the tube 13, whichserves as a common Waste-pipe for both.

In order to show the more readily my im,- provements and the ladvantagesobtained thereby, a cross-section ofthe old form of vdrainer isillustrated in Fig. 3. In such drainer the corrugated plate was maderemovable, while the front was a fixture projected beyond theice-chamber and was supported bya longitudinal bar 14. Furthermore, thedrainerplate 'was made of a atvpan with a number of perforation's; butowing to its construction and the spatter therefrom it was necessarythat the topy of said drainer-plate should be considerably below thesurface used for the drainage of the glasses. Another prominent featureconsisted in having two wastespipes, one for the ice-box, the other forthe waste beverage and water from the glasses. Necessarily this pipeappeared, in front. With my IOC present improvements this is concealed,while the frontwall' of tlie drainer is auniform plane surface in lieuof having a projecting bar 14 thereacross. f 1

A further advantage 'from' my improvements is that the ice-chamber, isenlarged,` while the entire cover-"6 can be liF'edv o, allow# ing fullaccess for lling with ice or for repairs. Conversely, inthe oldapparatus only the back part 8 or corrugated portion is removable, andsince the faucets project over the same thel space by w'hichtheice-chamber" is replenished is necessarily very limited. In lieu ofmaking the corruga'tedportion S'separate from but attached to the cover6 the latterA may'becorrugated', in which event the uppl j''' danbe'hi'ttdi tion' and` :Witlilongitudinal drainage" apertures in thefrom. portionandia single waste pipe" communicating witlr theVicechamber and1I with thel drainenplate, substantially as described.

2. In combination with agroup of open and l closed Water-tightreceptacles andi draft-faucets thereabove from a suitable supply,atrans- Lversely -corrugated plate lengthwise of the closed receptaclesat the top rear portion, a ,series ofd'rainer-plates composed of longi-'y tud'ir'ial bars with apertures therebetween and -flush with thecorrugated plate, and means gfor discharging' Waste" beverage and meltedice through a common pipe, substantially as stated and explained.

A 3.. In a drainer,a groupof open and closed Wessels, conveying-pipes inpart Within the closed vessels, and the draft-faucets therefor, combinedwith a removable coverfor theclosed Wessels, atransverselyccrrugatedplate se- AQcure'd outhesl'i'ea'ii part ofSaidcover, and deta'ch able drainei'ilplates' raised' ab'ovethe `frontportion? of said cover, with a' vvstelpipe com; 1; meu. to theemmer-plate and the closed'reice-ptacleg--substantially as' describedand set forth.

Intestimony W-lier'eofl my signatu rein presence' ofy two* Witnesses.l AK l HERMAN STRATE'R.

Witnesses:

H. LODGE,

FRANCIS C; ST'A-NWooD.

